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AN INVESTIGATION INTO AN OPTIMAL MODEL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SOUTH AFRICAN POLAR RESEARCH ENTITY

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dc.contributor.author von Gruenewaldt, Gerhard
dc.contributor.author National Research Foundation
dc.date.accessioned 2020-09-14T11:56:18Z
dc.date.available 2020-09-14T11:56:18Z
dc.date.created 2009-05-11
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/21380
dc.description.abstract South Africa’s research activities in the Southern Oceans and Antarctica are a direct consequence of its obligations as a signatory of the Antarctic Treaty Systems. In addition, though there are a number of Agencies of Government with a direct interest in Antarctica and the Southern Oceans, with the latter defined in the Terms of Reference as embracing the oceans to the south of the mainland. Taken together the following four categories of stakeholders of a new Polar and Southern Ocean research entity can be identified: 1. Those that have, traditionally, been part of the South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP) and whose activities have by and large been in support of adherence to the principles of the Antarctic Treaty Systems. This work is virtually exclusively been undertaken by researchers at universities with the research topics approved on the basis of peer review and availability of logistic support. 2. Those whose work is carried out by virtue of a statutory mandate and includes the activities of Marine and Coastal Management (MCM) of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) and the South African Weather Service (SAWS). 3. Those that have a statutory mandate of conducting investigations in South African territory of the Southern Oceans such as South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), the Council for Geoscience (CGS) and the Petroleum Agency of South Africa (PASA) but have not been part of the activities of SANAP. 4. Those will participate in the Global Change Grand Challenge (GCGC) of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DST) ten year plan, an activity identified as one of the highest priority for South Africa to understand climate change and the impact this will have on South Africa. Within the context of the South African National System of Innovation (NSI) three governance models can be considered, viz.: • A National Facility as defined in the System Wide Review of 1998 and to become part of the National Research Foundation (NRF) which has the mandate of managing National Facilities in terms of the NRF Act; • A division within an existing statutory Science Council such as the CSIR; and • A separate statutory Science Council reporting to the Minister of Science and Technology. en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship Department of Science and Technology en_ZA
dc.language.iso en_ZA en_ZA
dc.subject Governance en_ZA
dc.subject Research en_ZA
dc.title AN INVESTIGATION INTO AN OPTIMAL MODEL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SOUTH AFRICAN POLAR RESEARCH ENTITY en_ZA
dc.type Other en_ZA
dc.rights.holder National Research Foundation en_ZA
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